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Moog Music has teamed up with Spin.com and started Moog Sound Lab Season 2, giving artists a chance to experiment with synthesis and soundscaping.

[Gold-plated Monotribe - click to enlarge] Korg are promoting their Monotron analogue ribbon synthesizer and Monotribe analogue ribbon station with a cool contest which includes the first prize of a 24-karat Gold plated Monotribe.

Sample Magic has released a fully interactive iPad app version of their book - Secrets of house Music Production.

SafeAuto is looking for talented singers and groups to perform their version of the famous SafeAuto jingle in 60 seconds or less.

CD Baby has paid over $200 million directly to musicians and is still expected to grow and cross the quarter billion dollar threshold in 2012.

Pioneer's DDJ-Ergo-V Controller with firmware version 1.10 is is now compatible with the Serato DJ Intro Software.

TC Electronic announced that the LM6 Radar Loudness Meter will support the AAX format right from the start, at its release in December.

Gobbler is progressing well and as a token of appreciation, Gobbler has a number of giveaways and discounts for both new members and referrers.

Radial Engineering has unveiled the MC3 Studio Monitor Controller, a passive monitor switcher and headphone amp designed for smaller production studios.

Cakewalk is now shipping their latest music making software bundle, the Sonar X1 Production Suite

Gigstarz is a free online streaming video business platform, where you can earn from your video performances.

Cakewalk unveils the new PC4K S-Type Channel Compressor which adds vintage compression to every channel strip of Sonar X1 Producer Expanded.

Minnetonka Audio has unveiled the new SurCode 2.0, which now supports full Dolby E encoding and decoding.

Apple updates GarageBand for iOS to version 1.1 and is now a universal app featuring compatibility with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

Korg USA have just announced that they are giving a $500.00 mail-in rebate on both the 73-key and 88-key models of their SV-1 (Stage Vintage) Piano.

Native Instruments has released DAMAGE, a virtual instrument that provides cinematic percussion and impact sound effects that implies "damage". It is available in stores worldwide.

“Everything I record goes through Alpha-Link… the sound of those converters is just brilliant.”

After updating their Mac plug-ins, Studio Devil has added the same 64 bit support to their Windows based guitar amplifier / effects plug-ins.

Celemony is scheduled to release the updated Melodyne Editor 2.0 in November, showcasing new scale functions, improved timing tools and enhanced DAW compatibility via Rewire.

The new full range reference monitors from BEHRINGER - BEHRITONE C50A and C5A - are now available through MUSIC Group's global retailer network.

Blue Cat Audio released all of its Mac plug-ins in the new Avid Audio eXtension (AAX) format for Pro Tools 10. Windows version will soon follow.

Avid has partnered with macProVideo.com to produce tutorial videos designed to help you achieve Pro Tools 101 Certification.

Avid introduces the new Pro Tools HDX, with up to 5x more DSP for improved quality and working with bigger audio projects.

PreSonus unveils Studio One 2, bringing with it a huge update to their DAW program and will be shipping on November 1st, 2011.

After a number of public beta versions, Access has released the latest OS update for the Virus TI series of synthesizers, OS4.5.3, which will add vintage effects and modulations to your Virus TI Synth.

This version 2.2 software update from JoeCo Limited is designed to enhance, speed up and improve the working efficiency of the BlackBox Recorder.

Celemony has unveiled ARA, a plug-in extension that will give your plug-ins non-sequential access to your DAW's audio data.

Native Instruments will celebrate their 15th Anniversary with a daily online raffle that will run from October 17 to 31.